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NUMBEROFIPOsINEUROPEIN201*(TOP6EXCHANGES)200140120203100801076040200WarsawLSE Group30OMX26Euronext20Luxembourg18DeutscheBoerse*Regulated and alternative marketsSource: IPO Watch Europe ReportTHE WARSAW STOCK EXCHANGE AS A WSE-LISTED COMPANYAs a crowning of the 20 years of its robust growth, the Warsaw Stock Exchangemade a public offering and brought its shares to its own Main List on 9 November2010. As a public company, the WSE seeks to raise its international profile byexpanding its product range for investors and issuers, seeking new companiesand intermediaries, and improving the market in terms of organisation,technologies and legal regulations.WSE’S OFFERING FOR ISSUERS AND INVESTORSTrading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange takes place on five markets:TheMainListhas been in operation since 16 April 1991, the very first day of WSE.A regulated market supervised by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, it isa trading platform for shares, bonds, pre-emptive rights, rights to shares,investment certificates, structured products, ETFs, warrants and derivatives.On the WSEderivativesmarket, in operation since 1998, investors can choosefrom:WIG20 and mWIG40 futures,Currency futures (USD/PLN, EUR/PLN, and CHF/PLN),Stock futures for the most liquid companies,Index options (WIG20),MiniWIG20 (IPUs).The Warsaw derivatives market is the most significant market of this kind amongCEE exchanges. In 2011 the WSE derivatives market reached new highs as theturnover volume in all instruments attained 15.6 million.